![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Players are tasked with forming their own expedition to explore the titular dungeon and its many floors filled with traps, terrors, and treasure. The story of Darkest Dungeon revolves around an inherited estate, left behind by a suicidal relative who hired an expedition to unearth the mansion’s buried secrets only to find misery and despair…and a whole host of dark creatures. Now, after continuous updates and a planned expansion, developer Red Hook Studios has officially classified Darkest Dungeon as “complete” while also releasing the console version on PS4 and Vita, with cross-save support to boot. Lovecraft are to Indie developers as First Person Shooters are to Triple-A developers: Lovecraft’s haunting, thesaurus-filled stories about cosmic horrors, immortal sea creatures and existential madness have long been a cult following that is rarely featured in mainstream media, but continues to serve as a dark backdrop to almost every type of genre through Indie games.ĭarkest Dungeon may just be the most notable of Lovecraftian-inspired Indie games, thanks to its immense success through Kickstarter originally pitched for $75,000 to be funded, the game made nearly three times the asking amount and was released on Steam to critical acclaim, despite officially being in early access for over a year. ![]()
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